Archers v Wildcats, WBBL 2022-23, (10:2/2)

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Cardiff Met Archers vs Nottingham Wildcats, Women’s British Basketball League (WBBL) match on Saturday 21st January 2023. Game played at the Archers Arena, Cardiff Metropolitan University, in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, during the 2022-23 season.

About the photographs.

In additional to the basketball players and the action being more important, it does not tell a full story about basketball. I figure to try to take some shots of the officials, because they’re also important to the game as well as the players.

Those photos were shot in colour, but I figure to turn them into black and white for a bit of “journalism style” feel to the pictures.

In the first one (0858): This was taken when the ball was out of play, and the players were having a one-minute time out for a quick discussions about their plans.

That moment was taken just after the end of the time out, and when the players were heading back into the court, to take up their positions.

This official went and took up his position near the courtside, and I decided to attempt to frame the shot and took it.

In the second one (0882): Here, the official is in action, watching the players.

He is watching Nottingham Wildcats’ Kayla Shaw, the one holding the ball, attempting to pass Cardiff Met Archers’ Lauren Saiki, whom was blocking Shaw.

The name Molten on the back of the official’s shirt, is the name of the company that manufacture the basketballs, and are sponsorship of the officials at British top professional basketball levels.

Many special thanks to members of Cardiff Met staff for giving me permissions to shoot the game from courtside.

About the teams.

The Wales based Cardiff Met Archers started in 1999, as a university basketball team. They have about 19 different teams, range from Under-10s to Seniors, and men’s teams as well as women’s teams.

The women’s senior team (seen here in the photograph) is the only team in a top-level elite franchise-based league. They joined the Women’s British Basketball League when it was first set up in 2014, and to date, are still in the WBBL.

The Nottingham Wildcats is an English women’s basketball team based in Nottingham, England, and was founded in 1976. As a successful team in the English Women’s Basketball League, the Wildcats became one of the founding members of the WBBL.

They had two Championships in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons, and also won the WBBL Cup during the 2017-18 season.

The Women’s British Basketball League is a top-level franchised based basketball league in the United Kingdom, and a sister to the men’s British Basketball League (BBL). It was announced in June 2014 and started with the 2014-15 season.

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Taken in: UK / Wales / Penylan (show map)

Taken on: January 21, 2023

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